How do i bring my fiancee, spouse or partner from Russia, Ukraine or Former Soviet Union (FSU, CIS)
country to US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, Italy (or other Shengen country)

The fiancee visa is a document for the entry of a Russian
or Ukrainian woman (Alien Fiancee) as a bride into the country
of her possible bridegroom. This
document is issued for every country in a different way. For many
countries, for example Shengen countries, there are no difficulties
in its obtaining (with the exception of Denmark). And it doesn't
take much time. But the most difficult and long process is applying
for guest/visitors or tourist visa, fiancee, partner or spouse visa
for entry to the USA, Australia, Great Britain and their territories.
In most cases the applicant (your lady) have to visit your country's Embassy or
Visa Center in Russia for the interview in person, to relay finger prints,
biometric data, pass medical exam etc. Let's consider this question in details.
The difficulty is mainly in the fact that for making
acquaintance with a bridegroom a Russian bride can't arrive in the
bridegroom's country, her visa application is simply rejected.

There were a lot of cases when a bridegroom couldn't leave his
job for arriving to his bride's country for personal meeting.
And it is almost impossible to begin the process of applying for fiancee visa
with the country's Immigration Service (e.g. USCIS, US Citizenship and Immigration
Services or Danish Immigration Service) without affirmation
of fact of their meeting. That is why we want to tell you some more
about it, If you have a bridegroom from America, Australia or Great
Britain to have some knowledge in this question. It is almost
impossible to receive a guest or a tourist visa in the USA for
young and not married girls.

For example, the US Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) are very afraid of the fact that under the pretence of brides, Russian
women can become illegal immigrants. This policy became even
harder after the events of the 11th of September, 2001. If your
bridegroom and you don't want to have unexpected problems, you
should keep up on these questions and discuss them together in
advance. For many future bridegrooms these questions are also
unknown. They think that as soon as they have a desire to invite a
Russian bride to their country for meeting, pay for her tickets,
and all the problems are solved. But when they find out about the
all the difficulties, some of them just loose hope and don't write
any longer. And of course it is great stress for Russian women.

But we really believe that before starting the process of
fiancee visa you have to come to meet a Russian woman. Alina
Marriage Agency will provide you with the service of tourist visa,
Russian business visa including the invitation letter for Russian
tourist visa and Russian business visa. The other variant is to
invite your Russian lady to the country of your stay applying for
guest visa or tourist visa. The staff of
"Alina" Agency is open to provide your Russian lady with the guest
visa or tourist visa, fiancee visa support.

The Russian International passport processing requirements

All Russian citizens at the age older 14 have internal passport
(or national pass). To travel abroad Russian citizens have
to use the international passport (or travel pass). It is valid for 5 years. The
papers are in the process at Federal Migration Service (FMS). The process time is 30-45
business days. ALINA agency are ready to give its support in this process.
Here is the list of required documents:

1. Two passport photos

3. Passport application form, sealed and signed at the place of work , 2pcs

5. Receipt proving the payment of the state duty (2500 RUB)

2. Photocopy of all pages of internal passport

4. Employment history book, sealed and signed at the place of work

6. A copy of the first page of previous international passport (if any)

Assistance in getting your lady's international passport

Assistance includes: 5 passport photos, copy of internal passport,
copy of work records book, proof of employment of the applicant, international passport
application form, filling in of all required forms, state duty, handing papers with the
applicant.

Marriage Registration in Russia

There is no one-month waiting period following application to marry for a foreigner and his fiancee.
It is recommended to inquire with the particular Registrar office in Russia - ZAGS about
the exact list of documents this office will be asking you to present for getting married in
Russia simply because the documents on the list may vary. ALINA agency is ready to give its support
in this process. Here is the list od required documents:

1. Notarized translation of Certificate of No Impediment (CNI)
with apostille (*)

(*) Notarized translation of either Certificate of No Impediment (CNI) with apostille from the
local authorities outside Russia or CNI/MARRIAGE LETTER from the Embassy in Moscow, AUTHENTICATED
by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Please, contact us
if you are planning your marriage registration in Ukraine, Jamaica, Cyprus, Denmark or Turkey.

Assistance in Marriage Registration in Russia

Assistance includes: contacting local ZAGS in Russia and appointing
the marriage registration date and time, consultation on getting CNI and other documents
according to local ZAGS requirements, translation and notarization of all required
documents.

Assistance includes: 12 recent visa/passport size photos, completely filled in
application forms in foreign language, internal and international passport copies, translation,
legalization (apostile) and notarization of required documents. Assistance
in filing a petition to the immigration service, passing medical exam and Embassy interview
is also provided. Immigration Service and Embassy fees, Medical Insurance and expenses for
lady's interview at the Embassy are not included.

Beginning 28 August 2007 each applicant, who wants to enter Germany
with the purpose of marriage or family reunification with a husband,
must demonstrate the basic knowledge of German language, by providing
a certificate "Start Deutsch 1" from Goethe German Cultural Center.
Also the permission from the competent department who deals with
the foreigners' affairs in Germany is required.
You will need the following list of documents.

If you are intended to get married in Germany:

Three copies of the questionnaire to apply for the visa which
must be filled in German with the genuine sign of the person.
Three passport size photos (4x5) are attached. You can download,
print and fill in the questionnaire from our site.

You international passport and 2 photocopies of the first page,
and the copies of your internal (the pages where the current
residence is showed).

The visa fee in Russian currency. It can be changed depending on
the exchange rate of a ruble to euro.

The confirmation of a German agency of the civil statutes' acts
on the presence of all the necessary documents. In case if you
don't have such a confirmation you will have to present the
invitation letter from your future spouse in which he/she states
that he/she will cover all the expenses while your stay in Germany
including the medical insurance ( the statement on the taking of
all the obligation according the Law about foreigners (the
paragraphs 82-84) or to enter into a contract with the insurance
company, the notarized birth certificate with the apostil on it
and the certificate of your marital status or a special sign in
your international passport that testifies that you are not
married, it must be notarized and translated into German as well.
The documents must be in the original and two copies of each
document must be attached.

If you are married already and want to move to your spouse to
Germany (the family reunion).

Three application forms filled in German with attached passport
size photos (4x5). You can download and print the application form
out here.

Your international passport and 2 copies of the first page and
the internal passport with the current residence.

The visa fee in Russian currency. It may change depending on the
exchange rate of a ruble to euro.

Your marriage certificate with the apostil on it and the
notarized translation and two copies of this document.

If you are planning to take your children who were born in a
previous marriage of a Russian spouse:

Three application forms filled in German with attached passport
size photos (4x5).

Your birth certificate with the apostil on it and the notarized
translation into German and two copies of this document.

The resolution of the Russian bodies on the transferring the
parent's rights with the apostil on it and the notarized
translation into German.

If you don't have it you have to represent the notarized
permission of a father (mother) for the moving to Germany and two
copies of this document.

Apostil should be stamped on the original of Russian
document.

If you don't know which department affirms the identity of the
document in the form of apostil, you should address the department,
which gave you the document.

You should present all the documents in origin, and also 2
copies of each of them.

Pay attention:

As a rule, the presence of the mentioned documents is enough.
But in some cases the questions appear, and additional documents
must be needed to solve it.

If the person points the wrong data, presents false documents,
and also false information, he can be forbidden to go to Germany
(and even to other countries of Shenghen area).

Your passport should be signed, its period of validity must be
minimum 3 months more than the period of validity of the Visa.

If some suspicious things will be fount on German frontier or
German frontier guards will have some powerful information, then
they will be able to forbid you to go to German, in spite of you
having valid visa.

Visa which you will get won't be Shenghen one, it is national
German visa. To get your visa you must have agreement from the
competent department on foreigners' affairs by your expected place
of staying in German. That's why the references about the periods
of passing of your documents are not possible, in some cases the
process can be expanded on several months. As far as Embassy will
get the agreement from the foreigners' affairs department, it will
inform you in written about it. If after 6 weeks after you gave the
petition you won't get written notice, you will be able to know
about your situation on the phone.

As it was mentioned, your visa isn't Shenghen, you can't go to
another government of Shenghen group (Austria, countries Benelux ,
Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg), Greece, Dania, Spain, Italy,
Norwegian, Portugal, Finland, France, Sweden) with this visa. You
must register in the Foreigners' Affairs Department by your place
of stay straight after your arrival at the territory of Germany.
And this department will stamp the notice of your stay in your
passport. With this notice you may visit other countries of
Shenghen area.

When you get ready visa, check up the correctness of the data,
pointing there.

Check up the correctness of the period of validity of visa, the
number of days staying in Germany, the purpose of your visiting and
the circumstances, connecting with it. Check up if there is a note
about the children, traveling with you, in your visa; if they have
their own visa. German Embassy doesn't take the consequences, if
non-full or wrong data, written in visa, will lead to the
disruption/delay of your trip or to the problems, connected with
giving of the permission for staying in Germany.

Apostils and legalization (assurance/attestation) of the
documents.

German documents are considered to be available in Russia only
in the case if they are "legalized". It means that special
affirmation of their identity is needed. This
affirmation/attestation is made in the form of apostil.

Accordingly, the same rules act in respect of confession of
Russian documents in Germany.

The attesting by means of apostil is based on the Hague
agreement from 5.10.1961 on the liberation of the foreign official
documents from legalization, which came into force on 13.02.1966
for Germany and on 31.05.1992 for Russia.

To get apostil you need, first of all, to find the coincident
department, which has the right to make apostils. It is easier to
learn about it in the place where the document for notarizing was
given. In other case you should go by the following list of sharing
competences. Pay attention to the fact that Embassies and General
Consulates don't apostil the documents. You should also pay
attention to the fact that the document, which must be notarized
with apostil, must be also translated. You can find the
instructions and recommendations how to act.

German documents.

The following departments are authorized to notarize the
documents with apostil:

Federal administrative department in Koln - the documents, given
by all federal departments and federal courts.

The president of German Patent Department in Munhen - the
documents, given by the Federal Patent Court and by German Patent
Department.

The Agrarian Ministries (or, accordingly, senators) of Justice
and the chairmen of Agrarian and Local Courts - the documents,
given by the organs of justice management, by the Civil and
Criminal Court and by the notaries.

The Agrarian Ministries (or, accordingly, senators) of the
Department of the interior and the chiefs of administrative
counties (or, accordingly, of the governing counties) - the
documents, given by all the Management Organs or by the
departments, except Justice Organs.

Agrarian Ministries (or, accordingly, senators) of the
Department of Interior, the chiefs of administrative counties (or,
accordingly, of the governing counties), the Ministries (or,
accordingly, senators) of Justice and the chairmen of agrarian and
local - the documents, given by other courts, except the ones
mentioned before (for example, by the Administrative, Labor, Social
and other Courts).

The department is defined by the place of the documents
issue.

Translation of German documents.

However, German documents should be also translated in Russian.
2 opportunities are possible for it:

It is easier to make the translation in Russian Federation. But
Russian interpreters and notaries will translate only in the case
when the original will be notarized by apostil.

If the translation is made in Germany, then the propriety of
translation should be notarized officially and ratified by
apostil.

Russian documents

The following department and organizations have right to
notarize the documents with apostil in Russia.

The Ministry of Justice of Russian Federation deals with the
documents, given by the organizations and the constitutions,
directly depending on the Ministry of Justice, and stamp them with
apostil.

The Ministries of Justice of republics, being the parts of
Russian Federation, the organs of Justice of regions, countries,
autonomies, and also cities Moscow and St. Petersburg apostil the
documents, given by the organizations and constitutions of justice,
directly depending on them, and also by republics, edges, areas,
regions, cities, and on the copies of other documents, which were
notarized there.

The registries of the republics, being parts of Russian
Federation, the registries of edge, area and region centers, of
Moscow and St. Petersburg cities apostil the documents, given by
these registries or the organizations, depending on them.

The department of documents and references of Archive Federal
Russian Service (Russian archive) apostil the documents, given by
central state Russian archives.

The archive organs of autonomies archive departments of edges
and areas apostil the documents, given archives, depending on
them.

The Administration of General Prosecutor's office of Russian
Federation apostil the documents, given by the organs of State
General Prosecution.

How to register marriage in Russia for a British citizen

British citizens who wish to marry in Russia must first obtain a
Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage (CNI) to present to the
Russian authorities (Russian marriage registry office) as proof that
they are eligible to marry under British law. A Certificate of No
Impediment can be issued either in the UK by a district superintendent
registrar or by a British Embassy Consular official. Charges relating
to these services (fees 22 and 24) can be found on our Consular Fee
Table.

Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage issued in the UK

A CNI can be issued by your district registrar in the UK. A notice of
marriage will have to be displayed for 21 clear days before the
registrar will issue a CNI. Please contact your local registry office
for more details. Once issued, the CNI should be legalized with
Apostile stamp at the Legalisation Office of the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office. The address is:

If you have been married before, then your divorce certificate (Decree
Absolute) or death certificate of a former spouse should also be
legalised by the Legalisation Office in the UK.

IMPORTANT: Please note that your CNI (and Decree Absolute or death
certificate of a former spouse if applicable) should be apostillised
by the FCO in London. Failure to do so will result in Russian
authorities' refusal to accept your documents.

The CNI (and Decree Absolute or death certificate if applicable)
should then be translated into Russian and the translation notarised
by the Consular Section of the Russian Embassy in London, a Russian
Notary Public or the Consular Section of the British Embassy in Moscow.

A CNI issued in the UK is considered to be valid by the Russian
officials for three months from the date of issue.

Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage issued in Russia

A CNI can only be issued by a Consular Officer of the British Embassy
in Moscow after a Notice of Marriage has been displayed on the
Consular Section's notice board for a period of 21 clear days.

Notice of Marriage

To complete a Notice of Marriage it is necessary to have been resident
in the Moscow consular district for at least 21 clear days after your
last arrival in Russia. You will need to make an appointment with a
Consular Officer to swear an affidavit and sign the notice. A CNI
issued in Moscow is considered to be valid by the Russian officials
for three months from the date of issue.

Documents required for the issue of a CNI to Marriage in Russia

If you wish to have the CNI issued at the British Embassy in Moscow we
require the following documents (all original): your passport
(containing your Russian visa and registration) evidence of the
termination of a previous marriage for both partners i.e. divorce
decree absolute or death certificate (if applicable) of former spouse.
IMPORTANT: Please note that your Decree Absolute or death
certificate of a former spouse (if applicable) should be apostillised
by the FCO in London. Failure to do so will result in Russian
authorities' refusal to accept the documents. Your fiance(e)'s
internal passport The CNI will be issued in Russian.

Please note that Decree Absolute or death certificate (if applicable)
and date page of your passport should then be translated into Russian.
It can be done at local Russian translation office (working in liaison
with a Notary Public) or at the Consular Section of the British
Embassy in Moscow(please see our fee table for the charges involved,
it's Fee 10b. Consular Fee Table).

Please note it is important to plan well ahead if you want to obtain
the CNI in Moscow as there are two qualifying periods of 21 days to
consider: a) prior to the notice being drawn up and signed and b) the
time during which the notice is displayed.

Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage for people resident in a
third country

If you are a British Citizen normally resident in a country other than
the UK or Russia you can arrange to display a notice of marriage at
your nearest British Consulate. The CNI can then be issued. Please
check with them first for details of what is required.

Procedures after the Certificate of No Impediment has been issued

After the Certificate of No Impediment is issued, it is necessary to
have the signature of the consular officer attested at the
Legalisation Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at
the following address:

Please note that you must visit the Legalisation Department of the
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in person in order to legalise the
Certificate of No Impediment. This normally takes them 5 working days.

Once these procedures are complete you should make an appointment for
the marriage to take place, usually between one and three months
later, at a Registry Office in the district of your fiance(e)'s
permanent residence. If your fiance(e) is a resident (or registered)
in Moscow/Moscow Region you have to make arrangements at the Palace of
Marriages No.4 at the following address:

The deposit of foreign law marriage certificates in the UK

There is provision under UK law for the transmission of foreign
marriage certificates of British Citizens (together with certified
translations into English) to the Registrars-General in England,
Scotland or Northern Ireland, according to the part of the UK to which
the British Citizen concerned belongs. However, two points should be
made clear: the marriage is not registered in the UK; the marriage
certificate is simply deposited for record purposes only. This means
that the original certificate is not returned to the applicant. there
is no legal obligation to have a marriage recorded in the UK. The
parties may take advantage of these facilities if they consider that
it would serve some useful purpose to have their marriage recorded in
the UK but the validity in English law of a marriage contracted in
Russia is in no way affected by it having been, or not having been,
thus recorded. The procedure for deposit of a marriage certificate is
as follows:

The British party to the marriage must provide a consular officer in
the district where the marriage has taken place with the marriage
certificate issued by the appropriate local authority, together with a
translation into English which should be certified by a Consular
officer. The consular officer will then send the marriage record to
the appropriate Registrar-General.

The information on this website on marrying in Moscow is provided as a
general guide and is based upon information provided to the FCO by the
relevant local authorities. The information on this website is
therefore only up to date and accurate to the extent that such
authorities provide us with timely and accurate information.
Accordingly the FCO does not guarantee that this information is
accurate and will not be liable for any inaccuracies in this
information. British nationals wishing to obtain information about
marriage must also contact the relevant local authority to be sure of
the requirements that they need in order for their ceremony to take
place.

- Documents, confirming availability of funds, that is recent
abstracts of bank account, salary receipts or tax documents with
tax inspector's seal, showing, that you or your sponsor can afford
to pay a trip, and that there is enough money to pay the residence
and expenses while staying in Great Britain for both you and your
dependents (you should take into consideration that following
documents do not confirm the availability of funds: car, land or
real estate papers, currency exchange receipts, cash);

- Documents from your present place of work or study (if you
study/work);

- Your old foreign passport(s) (if any);

In addition to stated above, to get the visas of underwritten
categories the following documents are required:

PERMANENT RESIDENCE AS A FIANCE/FIANCEE OR A HUSBAND/WIFE:

Your birth certificate, also birth certificates of your sponsor
and children, who are going to accompany you;

A Marriage certificate, original (if you apply the documents for
husband/wife visa);

Documents, confirming that sponsor is a permanent resident of
the United Kingdom, i.e. copy of his passport
or registration certificate;

Divorce certificates or certificates of husband's or wife's
death, if you or sponsor had been married before;

Abstracts of your sponsor's bank account for the last six
months;

Letter from your sponsor's employer, confirming his
employment;

Recent salary receipts of your sponsor;

Documents for living space, where you are going to live, for
instance, documents for deferred payment purchase of real estate,
ownership certificate, contract of tenancy;

Confirmation of your relationships, i.e. letters, e-mails,
detailed printouts of telephone counts, photographs, visas/stamps
in the passport, showing that you visited each other or traveled
together;

What are the rules to emigrate to the fiance/fiancee in the
United Kingdom?

You should prove that:

you are going to get married during the reasonable period of
time (usually in a six months period)

you are going to cohabit after the wedding

you were meeting each other

you have a place for residence, where you and your dependents
will be able to live before wedding, without applying for the help
of public funds

you are able to provide the residence both for you and your
dependents without working in the United Kingdom or having a
recourse to public funds.

You will obtain the certificate of residence in the United
Kingdom for 6 months, without work permission. After the marriage
you can apply for a prolonging a visa for 2 year as a
spouse/spouses and, if the application is successful, you will be
permitted to work. Closer to the end of this term you will be able
to apply for the certificate of permanent residence in the United
Kingdom.

IF YOU BRING TO THE EMBASSY ORIGINALS OF THE DOCUMENTS, PLEASE,
DO COPIES OF THESE DOCUMENTS, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THEM IN OUR
ARCHIVE. THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN YOU THE ORIGINALS, IF YOU
NEED THEM. IN THIS CASE, PLEASE, REMEMBER TO ASK FOR ORIGINALS
BEING RETURN, WHEN YOU DELIVER THE DOCUMENTS TO THE EMBASSY.

A Russian bride who is intending to move to Australia as an
Australian citizen's partner, or that of a person permanently
residing in Australia (or that of a legally qualified citizen of
New Zealand) will be able to address for being granted one of the
sub-rank visas as follows:

Fiance/fiancee - sub-rank 300 (deeming to get married)

Spouse - sub-rank 309 (matrimony)

Mutual partner - sub-rank 310 (mutual dependence)

1.Visa's fees

Visa's fees will be paid during the applying, without being
subject to reimbursement. The fees are to be paid in $20 to the
Australian Embassy in Moscow. Besides, the applicants will be able
to agree about the visa's fees payable in Australia, the payment
receipt being forwarded to the Embassy.

2. The terms of estimation

The applicants will have to prove their meeting Migration
Provisions requirements referred to the visa's sub-rank they deem
to be granted, the detailed information whereon being stipulated in
the "Migration for the Joint Residence" brochure. You can pay for
(with credit card) and download the brochure from the DIMIA: www.immi.gov.au. Website . You
can buy the brochure at the Australian Embassy in Moscow as
well.

In pursuance to the provisions of DIMIA Behaviour Code, the
migration department officers are prohibited to offer any tips on
the matter of migration, or render professional estimation of the
successful completion chances for the potential applications
procedure to the persons deeming to apply for the visas. The person
making the resolution thereon will be liable for the essential
looking through the applications upon the applying only.

3. The procedure of the applying

The Australian Embassy in Moscow having changed the terms of
processing the visas applications for the joint residence, the
delays thereof being diminished and the applications' processing
being expedited. If you wish to apply for joint residence visa
personally, please call the Embassy 2 weeks before the assumable
date of the applying in order to appoint the precise date of the
latter. As for the date of the applying, call the Embassy since
9.00 a.m. till 12.30 p.m. (Monday till Friday).

The applying in person pursuant to the preliminary appointed
date of the applying.

If you apply personally in accordance to the preliminary
appointed date of the applying, the interview with you will be held
on the day of the applying. The interview held on the day of the
applying in most cases can minimize the delays over the period of
the application processing.

If you wish to apply at the Australian Embassy in Moscow
personally, please call the Embassy 2 weeks before the assumable
date of the applying in order to appoint the precise date of the
applying. As for the date of the applying call the Embassy since
9.00 a.m. till 12.30 p.m. (Monday till Friday).

Please make sure to provide all the necessary papers during
the interview, the extra-details related to the former and
those on the interview procedure being stipulated as follows.

Please note that in some cases upon the first conversation on
the day of applying, the applicant can be offered a second
interview later.

The applying in person without the preliminary appointed date of
the applying.

If you wish to apply in person without the preliminary
appointed date of the applying, it can be so that the Embassy won't
be able to hold the interview with you on the day of the applying.
If you don't want the interview to be held in Moscow, it can take
longer top arrange the interview.

Please make sure to provide all the necessary papers during the
interview, the extra-details related to the former and those on the
interview procedure being stipulated as follows.

Mailing the application by post.

If you mail the application by post, the notification on the
appointed date of the interview will be forwarded to you by
post.

If the application mailed by post has not been provided with all
the necessary papers, you should have those during the interview,
the extra details on the interview procedure and those on the
necessary papers being stipulated below.

4. The general information on the applications proceeding.

On the day of the application being handed, the Embassy along
with the fee payment receipt will issue the case, wherein Your
application and other information/ correspondence received over the
period of Your application processing are kept. Besides, the
Embassy will mail You a letter, proving the fact of Your
application receipt, provided with:

the case ü

the name and contact phone number of the officer engaged in Your
application processing

the necessary extra documentation, or information

the normal terms of the applications processing, moreover

In the case no date of you applying having been appointed, or
Your application having been forwarded by post. The time, date and
location of the interview in person with migration department
officer to be held. In case the interview would to be held outside
Moscow, the tentative terms of the interview being intimated
only.

Please note that in case of the application being mailed by
post, the letter acknowledging the fact of Your application receipt
will be forwarded to you during 7 days.

5. Documentation

Pursuant to the Migration Law (1958), the resolution on You
application will be adopted any time based on the papers provided
by You without any additional consultation with You. Related to
that, it's extremely important to provide all the acknowledging and
attendant documentation by the day of the applying. Otherwise
delays of your application processing, or the reject of your
applying for the visa can occur. You should apply for the joint
residence visa for moving to Australia in case of your having got
completely prepared , and being convinced about Your meeting the
legal requirements, thereto only.

The documents handed in person mailed by post, or by fax won't
be enclosed to your application before your applying. You are
kindly requested to provide all the information referred to your
application for visa to be issued along with the very application.
Should you be asked by the Embassy to provide some
extra-information, please make sure such papers to have Your name,
date of birth, passport data in writing, and a register N of Your
application as well. Over the period of Your application's
processing, the data provided by You in conformity to the pointed
requirements to be met, will be considered available only.

You have to provide the notarized copies of the original
documents (the non-notarized copies will be rejected) . The solely
original copy of the document to be provided, is a criminal free
reference, the verified/notarized copies whereof being rejected.
Please note that original copy of the reference won't be
returned.

All the documents in the languages other than English will have
to be provided with the translation to English, having been
verified by a professional interpreter, or notarized. Should the
original copies of the documents be kept in Australia, you will
have to provide the copies thereof verified by a commissioner, by
an application verifying commissar, or by any other person
authorized to verify formal applications. The copies of original
documents kept outside Australia will have to notarized, or
verified by the person authorized thereto.

THE LIST OF NECESSARY DOCUMENTS

The following documents will have to be enclosed to the application.

47SP Application form properly filled in, provided with date and
signed by You, all the questions whereof having to be answered.

40SP Application form properly filled in, provided with date
and signed by Your partner, all the questions whereof having to be
answered.

photo copies of all the international passports pages of all
persons, declared in the application (for countries that do not
verify passports, non-verified copies being accepted

photo copies of all the international passports pages of Your
sponsor (for countries that do not verify passports, non-verified
copies being accepted

visa's fee paid in USD cash, or the receipt testifying visa's
fee having been paid in the Immigration Department of
Australia

4 new passport photos - and those of all Your family members
declared in You application (Your partner will have to provide 2
new passport photos)

notarized birth certificates copies, those of marriage and
divorce certificates of all persons, declared in the application,
including the translation to English where available

Application on the intentions to get married, if you apply to
sub-rank 300 (deeming to get married). It's a formal document to be
signed by the person who will serve the wedding ceremony in
Australia, wherein the names of newly married and the date of the
assumable matrimony will have to be included.

The police background check statements for all the persons at
the age of 16 and older , declared in the application. You will
have to provide the references like these from all the countries
you have lived in for 12 month and more (in total in that number)
during the period of the latest 10 years. You are kindly
requested to provide the original documents, verified police
statements copies whereof being rejected.

* 80 Form for all persons at the age of 18 and older declared in
the application. You have to properly fill in and sign the 80,
Private Qualities to Estimate Personality, which you can print out
from the DIMIA web-site: www.immi.gov.au.

Application including a detailed description of the way, place
and time You met Your sponsor.

Formal application of your sponsor including a description of
the way, place and time Your sponsor met You, of your
relationship's progress, of the period you decided to get married,
and that of any other circumstances related to Your
relationship.

Documents proving the fact of your partner's being a citizen of
Australia, or a legally qualified citizen of New Zealand (e.g. an
Australian citizenship certificate, or a passport pages copies
including personal data, permanent visa, or any remarks on entry
to/departure from Australia).

Documents proving the fact of Your partner's being able to
accomplish their obligations (see Form 40 - part 1) (e.g. the
latest income tax statement, the receipts pointing their current
salary amount, document proving the fact of possessing large
property, extracts from banking and other accounts, the information
on the property, or cars being in their ownership, etc).

Warranty of support

Should Your sponsor fail to have a full-day permanent job, or
used to receive social provision allowances during the latest 2
years, you are requested to provide the warranty of support . You
have to properly fill in and sign the 28A form.

The Discretion Warranty of Support, being available to printing
out from DIMIA web-site: www.immi.gov.au. Besides you'll
have to provide necessary information of confirmation stipulated in
that Form.

For children under the age of 18, if one parent is unavailable
in the application:

notarized birth certificate including the names of both
parents

notarized permission of the parent unavailable in the
application for moving

passport pages copies including personal data of the parent
unavailable in the application, or other signed documents verifying
the person

Should you fail to get the permission of the parent remaining in
their native land

You will have to provide trustee papers for all the children
under 18, declared in Your application. There should be a
resolution the court stating that the other parent would be
divested to exercise their parent' s powers, or that stating that
you are the sole parent

Should you apply as one of the mutually dependent partners? Your
formal application and that of Your partner including the digest of
the story of your relationship, and not less than 2 applications of
the persons, knowing for sure about you relationship, to
confirmation of reality and that of duration of your
relationship

If you have worked/served for the Armed Forces (including
national ones) the copies of service records

Should you like to nominate a definite person to accomplish any
acts an to receive messages in the name of yours , please fill in
the Form 956, one person will have to be nominated to contact us
only

You can provide any other documents being significant in your
opinion

Please note our incapacity to store a large amount of
correspondence, pictures, and other documentation and to play video
records back (except special inquiries on our counterpart)/ You can
bring the papers to the interview to be looked through by our
officers.

6. Interviews

In the process of the applications estimation any persons having
applied for a spouse, groom/ fiancee visa, or for that a mutually
dependent partner will hold an interview in person with a
migration department officer. The interviews are held in Russian or
in English at Your choice. If you wish Your interview to be held in
the language other than English, please notify us thereon in
writing during the applying.

Objective: The objective of the Interview is to obtain
information, which may happen to be essential for us to estimate
Your application. The Interview will last around 1 hour, although
in some cases, depending on particular circumstances, it can take
some more time. You can be asked personal questions, although the
sole goal of such questions would be obtaining the information
permitting to determine, if you meet the criteria, ranked for the
visa You're applying for. We won't mean to be rude, orb
impolite.

Depending on your circumstances we can also ask you some
questions in English, should you mention about your association
with your sponsor in English. You'll have to bring evidences of
your relationship with your sponsor. As a rule, the officer
holding the interview would mark the availability of such evidences
and give you those back to you over the duration of the interview.
In some cases we can ask to keep such evidences for awhile. Please
note that our time to study such evidences during the interview is
restricted, so the officer conducting the interview can look
through a portion of the evidences provided by you. Please note
that when looking through your application we have to take into
consideration all the information about your sponsor and you,
available at the department, including the information provided in
connection with the previous application for the visa's issue.

Time: You will be assumed to come for being interviewed
on the appointed day. With the exception of some special
circumstances, the interviews as a rule are not reserved to another
day. The final solution on your application is not adopted during
your interview. Please check up your home address and phone number
provided in your application for correctness so as we could easily
get in touch with you.

Place: The interviews are regularly held in Moscow.
Besides, around once per 3 months the representatives of Visas and
Migration department travel to hold the interviews to Kiev and
Yekaterinburg . The applicants wishing to pass the interview in one
of those cities will be notified.

On the date and time of the interview about 2-4 weeks before
the interview being held. Occasionally the representatives of Visas
and migrations can hold the interviews in other cities. Under the
availability of such opportunity the applicants will be notified
thereon. In some cases the sponsors can also be invited to the
interview. The solution on the necessity of the interview is
adopted depending on the circumstances in any particular case,
although not any sponsors can be invited. If necessary the officers
of the Embassy will contact the sponsor. If the sponsors are in
Australia, the interview can be held over the phone. Should the
circumstances related to Your application have changed after the
interview, you will have to notify the officers of the department
thereon. If you want to provide any other essential information to
confirm you application, please do that in writing.

7. Medical Requirements

You can pass through the medical examination just upon having
applied, or pursuant to the invitation of our department. It's up
to you to decide if you pass the medicals before our officers get
in touch with you. Having passed the medical examination in advance
you will be able to cut the total period of your case processing
short, thanks to the earlier outcome thereof. At the same time you
can pay for the medical examination, whereupon your application can
be proved rejected due to some other reasons. Please note that our
department is not responsible for the expenses incurred in you due
to the medical examinations. Also mind that medical examinations
outcome has a restricted validity. Normally they are valid for 12
month since the date of the examination. In some cases, depending
on the health condition of the applicant those are valid during
6 months only. The terms of processing of your application being
insecure, in insignificant amount of cases the terms o validity of
the medical examinations can expire by the time of adopting the
final solution ion the application. Hence we solicit you to
thoroughly analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the both
options above. Independently on the time of your passing the
examinations, you'll have to pay for holding those for any member
of the family declared by you in the application, Independently on
the fact if they are moving together with you. Any member of the
family above 11 will also be liable to have a thorax roentgenoscopy
(X-Ray shot of breast) taken.

On time the Embassy will offer you the necessary forms and make
comments on the procedure of the above exams. The medical and
roentgenoscopy examinations are held by skilled medical experts and
roentgenologists , nominated by the Migration and International
Relations Department. Upon the necessary medical examination having
been held, the physician will tell the results thereof right away
to our department, whereupon we are forwarding those to be
processed by Health Appraisal Service (HAS). Please note that HAS
response can come to the Embassy in 4, or 5 weeks.

8. The procedure and terms of processing of the applications

The ordinary term of processing the applications determined by
the government of Australia to issue 300, 309 and 310 sub-rank visa
is equal to 6 months.

Please don't disturb the Embassy officials with your requests to
expedite your application's processing during the standard term of
6 months. The questions like the distract the staff of the Embassy
from their work and can result in delays of the processing of the
applications, including yours.

Please particularly note: we have no chance to answer the
questions connected with the applications being processed in
pursuance to the standard terms. Due to the great amount of
requests to speed-up the processing of the applications received by
Visas and Immigration Department; actually it's impossible to do
so. Planning your departure from the country you should have
standard terms for processing visa applications in mind. You have
to remember that visa applications processing standard terms are
grown average. Some of the applications can be processed quicker,
the other, more complicated cases, will take some more time. Due to
legal reasons any notifications related to the solutions on visas
are forwarded to the applicants with registered correspondence.
Should you indicate the address of your sponsor as that of the
addressee for eth correspondence, we'll forward the letter
notifying on the solution adopted at that address. Along with the
visa issue notification, the general information on the procedure
of leaving for Australia will be provided. Under the rejection of
the application for the visa issue, the applicants are intimated
thereon by special letter indicating the reasons, pursuant whereto
the application has been rejected, and providing the information on
the possibilities to revise that resolution.

9. Application for guest visa

Some applicants for immigration visa also apply for guest
visa.

Australian program for visiting the country should facilitate
the development of tourism and encourage guests' entry, including
whole families, which are intend to meet the conditions, provided
by the appropriate guest visa.

Criterion for guest visa issue is the circumstance, that
"applicant will prove clearly that his intention to visit Australia
only is true". As a rule, persons, having a valid application for
immigration, are not able to convince a person who makes decisions
that they are going just to visit Australia and not to use home
stay visa as a mean, making the entry to Australia available, to
stay there for permanent residence.

Besides, criterion 4011 of the Appendix 4 applies to persons,
applying for a guest visa, who filed an application for moving
to a permanent residence in a period of 5 years, preceding the
filing of Application that is under consideration. This criterion
is known also as a "risk factor" criterion.

Making a conclusion regarding the intention to make a motivated
trip, officers while deciding the issue about the degrees of risk,
which represents a person applying for a guest visa, should act
according to the local experience. As issued here it is necessary
to take into consideration the frequency of breaking terms of
residence stipulated in visa, the number of cases, when persons,
obtaining a guest visa, being in Australia already were trying
to obtain the permission for more long-termed temporary or
permanent residence, as well as the local conditions, which can
cause an increased risk of non-compliance with the terms of a home
stay visa.

Visa can be issued if a person, who makes a decision, considers
that the applicant satisfies the criterion for issuing a guest
visa. If there are any apprehensions regarding the probability of
filing an application for permanent residence being in Australia
already, provisions "on rejection of further residence" (8503) can
be used.

According to the immigration law of the USA, petition I-129F for
the fiancee visa can be forwarded and approved in the USA only.
Only American citizen has a right to forward a petition I-129F.
Petition is forwarded to the department of immigration service of
the USA at the place of actual or supposed residence of the
petition forwarder. You can get the information about the order of
forwarding a petition and required documents, which should be
attached to this petition, on USCIS website:
www.uscis.gov.
You can get Form I-129F in any
department of immigration service in the USA. Approved form I-129F
is sent to the embassy of the USA, representative office in Moscow,
where the interview with the applicant will take place. And the
petition forwarder will be informed of the petition approval.
Interview with the applicant is appointed after the administrative
processing of the received documents is finished. This is an
obligatory procedure, which can not be declined. An applicant
receives the notice of the date of the interview by post. Necessary
information about the preparation for the interview is send to the
address of the applicant along with the invitation. You can get the
information about a specified date of the interview on-line. You
can also get this information from the enquiry service for visa
issues.

List of the documents presenting in the interview when applying
for fiancee (fiance) visa

1. Valid foreign passport.

2. Original Birth certificate.

3. Certificate of the absence of conviction and records of
criminal nature. All the names, surnames and dates of birth, which
the applicant had ever used, should be indicated in the police
certificate. The certificate should contain information about each
place (region, territory, republic of Russian Federations), where
the applicant was or is residing for more than 6 months, starting
with the age of 16, including the period of studies. The applicant
can tender the certificate from the military registration and
enlistment office domiciliary over a period of army service. If the
applicant was residing abroad, the certificates are required from
those countries, where he had been residing for more than one year.
The certificate is valid in the course of one year.

4. Original of divorce certificate, (for widows - a certificate
of husband's death)

5. The child, who is departing concurrently, must have a valid
passport (or his name can be included in the passport of a parent),
birth certificate and certificate of medical examination. If the
child is 16 years old or older, the police certificate is
required.

All above mentioned documents should be accompanied by the
copies and translation into English. If originals of the documents
are in Russian, notarization is not required.

6. black-and-white photographs sized 3x4cm.

7. The Documents, confirming the relations between fiance and
fiancee: photographs, on which petition forwarder and visa
recipient are together, letters to each other, accounts for the
telephone negotiations, plane tickets and so on.

8. Results of the physical examination in the sealed
envelope.

9. Reference of the petition forwarder including information
about the salary and (or) copy of tax return (form 1040) for the
last year, abstract of the state of the bank account, forms "W-2"
can be presented. Presentation of the Guarantor of moneyed
assistance (form I-134) is not required, but desirable.

Earnest request to visa recipients not to come to the interview
until all specified documents are ready. Otherwise the documents
won't be taken and the interview will be put off.

If in the course of the interview it will be turned out that the
applicant is required to present additional documents, they can be
left in the box 221G on the north gates of the embassy. Time for
presenting the additional documents - from 14.00 till 16.00 during
any workday.

Having entered the USA, owners of the visa K1 should contract a
marriage with the petition forwarder within 90 days from the moment
of arrival in the territory of the USA. Otherwise they have to
leave the territory of the USA and return to the country of
residence by the specified time. In case of the marriage, owner of
the visa K1 can apply to the local department of immigration
service to register the status of the resident.

Information about visa K2 for the fiancee (fiance) child

Children of the applicant for visa K1 (under 21 year old and not
married) should be declared in the petition I-129F. Child presence
in the interview is obligatory. You also can apply for visa K2
after the main applicant (K1) had contracted the marriage with
petition forwarder and had got a status of the resident of the USA.
In this case along with the other documents you should present in
the interview a notarized copy of marriage certificate of the main
applicant and the petition forwarder. Visa K2 can be granted within
one year from the moment of granting visa K1 to the main
applicant.

If represented documents satisfy the requirements of the
immigration law, each applicant gets a none migration visa into the
passport. K1 and K2 visas are valid for one entry during six months
period. Together with the visas the applicants get visa packs for
presenting to the immigration authorities of the USA.

We also assist in getting tourist and guest visa (short-term stay visa)
for your lady in Russia or Ukraine.

We'll fill in application forms, prepare all package of documents for handing in
the application to the embassy to get visa, render courier service to hand the documents
to the embassy and to get the visa.

25 countries concluded the Schengen agreement (Dec 2008). The purpose of the Schengen agreement
is the unrestricted itinerary within the area of Schengen, including foreign tourists and
everybody who enters one of these countries by Schengen visa. Schengen visa paperwork is
processed to the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Iceland,
Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Finland, France, Sweden,
Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
and Switzerland.

The Embassy reserves the right to ask for more additional documents.
The term of processing is 5 days usually (depends on the country, e.g. Danish guest visa
processing is 50-60 days). The documents should be handed 2-3 weeks before the trip (with the exception of Denmark).

Applying for those types of visas Russian women will not have the interview and personal
meeting for representing documents at the Embassies is not required except Germany, France, Italy.

ALINA Agency provides train ticket and airplane ticket booking services.
Only here you can get the flight booked at a special lower rate from
Aeroflot and
Siberia Airlines(S7) and other companies.
ALINA agency guide is always ready to accompany your lady from Yoshkar-Ola
to Moscow and back.

We offer reasonable prices, short terms and a wide range of services. Don't waste
time and feel free to contact our professional staff if you need help.

Steps to Russian marriage:

1. WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN RUSSIA YOU HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR RUSSIAN
VISA WITH YOUR RUSSIAN SPONSOR ( without a valid Russian visa and
registration with the Russian authorities you will not be able to
get married in Russia and will not be accepted by the Russian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs). All foreigners are required by Russian law to
have their Russian visas registered within three days after your arrival.
Registration has to be done by your Russian sponsor, or the Russian
company which invited you to come to Russia, or the Travel agency
(if it is a tourist visa). The Embassy cannot assist in this case.

2. OBTAIN A MARRIAGE LETTER, DECLARATION OF NON-IMPEDIMENT TO
MARRIAGE (WHERE YOU STATE IN FRONT OF THE CANADIAN CONSUL/CONSULAR
OFFICER THAT YOU ARE FREE TO MARRY) AT THE CANADIAN EMBASSY IN MOSCOW,
YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE EMBASSY IN PERSON ONLY ( TAKES FROM 1 to 2
WORKING DAYS) , 23 Starokonyushenny Pereulok, Main entrance, Consular
Section. A Marriage letter (Sworn declaration) has to be signed by
the Canadian Consul/Officer, and then the signature of the Consul
officer has to be authenticated by the Legalisation Department of
the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs which has an office ONLY
IN MOSCOW (see point 4 for details). www.rossiya.gc.ca

Please note the Marriage letter issued by the Canadian Embassy
has the date on it - the letter will be valid for the Russian
authorities for 3 months only - if the date on the letter is
May 10, it will be valid for the Russian authorities only until
September 10 even if it has a stamp of the Russian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs dated later then the Embassy date. So,
make sure that you use this letter before the date of expiry.
Once the letter expires, you will not be able to get married
and you need to obtain another letter and legalise it at the
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We accept clients every day, except Saturday and Sunday and
statutory holidays, from 9:00 to 15:00 (lunch time is from 13 to 14)
tel. 925-6000. Embassy web site: rossiya.gc.ca The Marriage letter
will be issued for you in English and Russian. The transliteration
of your name should be identical to that on your Russian visa.
The cost is $CAN 50, or the equivalent in rubles (1 300 rubles
as of November 2007).

3.OBTAIN AN OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF THE INFORMATION PAGE OF
YOUR PASSPORT. (same day service) The necessary translation can
be obtained at any translation office in Russia or in Canada (the
only requirement is that the transliteration of your name should
be identical to that on your Russian visa and should be the same as
in your Marriage declaration). Translation made by the Canadian Embassy
in Moscow is also acceptable. You do not need to authenticate,
legalise the signature on the translation, just submit it to the
Marriage office. The fee for translation of the Canadian passport
is 15 CAD or 400 rub as of November 2007.

Fees are subject to change without notice. Please contact the
Consular section for an update.

4. HAVE THE SIGNATURE OF THE CANADIAN CONSUL/VICE CONSUL/CONSULAR
OFFICER ON A MARRIAGE LETTER ISSUED BY THE EMBASSY IN MOSCOW (NON-IMPEDIMENT
DECLARATION) AUTHENTICATED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGALISATION, CONSULAR SERVICES
OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION in MOSCOW
(has to be submitted to the Ministry by a Canadian citizen ONLY IN PERSON
as the Ministry has to verify that you have valid Russian visa and valid
registration with the Russian authorities). PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT WITHOUT
THE LEGALISATION STAMP OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (HERE IN MOSCOW)
A MARRIAGE LETTER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE RUSSIAN MARRIAGE OFFICES.

This service is performed ONLY IN MOSCOW by the Department of Legalization ,
Consular Services of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian
Federation LOCATED ONLY IN MOSCOW, at First Neopalimovskiy pereulok, 12a,
nearest metro station "Part Kultury", then 2 stops by trolleybus # 10 or #B
at the direction of Smolenskaya Square. Telephone: 7-495-244-37-97,
Russian MFA information desk: 7-495-244-45-81.

The hours of operation are:
Monday - Thursday, 10:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 17:00 and
Friday - from 10:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 16:00 (tel 7-495-244-3797).

Please contact the office of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
at 7-495-244-37-97 before your go there about processing time and fees
(are subject to change by the Russian MFA without notice). You can also
ask your Russian fiancee/fiance to call the MFA at 7-495-244-37-97.

5. GET MARRIED AT THE CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE (ZAGS) After completing the
first fours steps, please contact any local Marriage office (ZAGS) in the
place where your fianc?e is residing /registered (in Russian this abbreviation
means - Zapis Aktov Grazhdanskogo Sostoyaniya). In Moscow you can contact
the Marriage office at the following address: Palace of Weddings (for foreigners),
17 Butyrskaya St. Moscow, Telephone 7-495-685-1960, 685-7988, 685-06-94 where
you have to submit the above mentioned documents and your passport.
The ZAGS will issue a Marriage certificate for you once you get married.
It means that your marriage is legal for Canada. Please note that notarized
copy with certified translation of your Russian marriage certificate will
be sufficient to submit Immigration sponsorship application and will be
acceptable for the Immigration authorities.

6. Once you are married, you may contact the Immigration Canada for
information about family class sponsorship for your spouse, or Immigration/Visa
web site: www.cic.gc.ca. where you can see the instructions how to prepare the
documents to submit sponsorship for your spouse - for Immigration purposes
you need a notarised copy with certified translation of a Russian document
(for example Russian birth certificate, Russian marriage certificate,
Russian diploma, etc).

Please note that the Consular section is not dealing with Immigration
issues and can not facilitate contacts with the Embassy Visa and Immigration
Section.